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The Lena Carper autograph book collection consists of a small book with signatures, verses, and drawings gathered from 1883-1888.

The collection consists of letters written to Lena Martin dated 1918, and 1942-1945. Letters are mainly from Dr. Edward Dawson (referred to also by his nickname of "Dr. Dorsey") and Leo Lucker, and regard packages, family matters, and current events. The collection also includes a copy of a letter dated 1865, a photograph of Battalion Staff, an issue of Current Events dated 1915, and a funeral announcement of William II dated 1918.

The collection consists of a letter from Leo Liberthson, 88 Lexington Ave., New York, to Philip Stern. The letter, dated Aug. 1, 1946, concerns the poem "Thoughts around a Rorschach Analysis" and Liberthson's book If There are Pits as Deep.... The poem is enclosed in the letter and is dated July, 1946.

The collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by UGA undergraduate, Leon Cole, Jr., during his years at UGA. The scrapbook contains programs, invitations, photographs, and newspaper clippings from a variety of UGA activities and clubs, including Phi Mu Alpha, Biftad, Scabbard, Blade, Baptist Student Union, band and orchestra.

Collection includes two scrapbooks by Leon Harman Grayson (1906-1993). The first scrapbook, which dates from 1922 to 1930, centers on Mr. Grayson's time at Savannah High School and the University of Georgia. Emphasis is placed on his friend's signatures, clippings and photographs of football games, dance and banquet invitataions, and graduation commencements. The second scrapbook, which dates from 1929 to 1932, is filled with wedding and dance invitations, clippings, Christmas cards, and promotion letters. Also included is a Sanford Stadium Dedication Yale vs. UGA souvenir ticket dated October 12th, 1929.

The collection consists of one letter sent by Leonidas Watkins Walton (1853-1894) to his mother, Evelina S. Walton, on September 16, 1844. Leonidas writes of his travels through Georgia having just returned to Canton after travelling to Clarkesville, Ellijay, and Tallulah Falls. The letter is addressed to Evelina in Augusta, Georgia.

The collection consists of one letter: dated Confederate States of America, War Department, Richmond, May 20, 1861, to J. B. Jones, Richmond, Virginia, from Leroy Pope Walker, in which Walker informs Jones that Jones has been "appointed to a clerkship in this Department."

The collection consists of correspondence written by and concerning Leslie D. Hedges. Two postcards and one letter are from Leslie D. Hedges to his wife, written while Hedges was in training in Alabama and Shaw Field, South Carolina. Two letters are addressed to Pearl Hedges, Leslie's wife, and regard Leslie's flying career in the military and his death.

This collection contains an uncut sheet of 52 geographic playing cards created by Pierre Duval in 1669, and engraved by Robert Cordier. Each suit represents a continent, and each numbered card has the same number of facts about the regions they represent.